Tobacco-pipe.



m. 814,045. PATENTED MAR. a, 1906.

, F. M. HOLES.

TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLIGATIGH FILED ROY. 21, 1906.

INVENTOR WIT/LESS mzwmm 7/ "1* I I I v A 1 Afiomey is re uired to UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

Application filed November 21, 1906. Serial No. 288 439- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK M. HOLES, a citizen of the United States, residin at Rid way, in the county of Elk, State Penns vania, have invented certain new and usehil Improvements in Tobacco-Pipes, of which the foiiowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawingls. 7

his invention relates to a tobacco-pipe,

and particularly to a construction of hanging or depending pipe in which the natural tendency of the saliva is to pass downward through the stem into the bowl thereof.

The invention has for'an object to provide an improved construction and arrangement of the stem in connection with the bowl-section of the pipe having a collecting-chamber therein, so as to prevent the saliva from entering the bowl of the pipe or other matter being drawn from said bowl through the stem of the pipe into the mouth of the user.

A further object is to prevent saliva entering the stem of the pipe from being drawn back into the month, which is accom lished by projections or checks arranged in t e passage through the stem of the pipe.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the ap ended claims.

11 the drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the pi e. Fig. 2 is a pers ective of the stem and owl separated,

" and 3 is an enlar ed detail section illustrating the checks in t e stem.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 indicates the bowl of the pipe, which may be of an desired construction or configuration and as at its lower end a stem-section 2, provided with a collectingchamber 3, through the upper portion of which a passage 4 extends to the base or bot tom of the bowl 1. This stem-section is interiorly threaded at its upper end 5 and adapted to receive the stem 6, which has a correspondinglythreaded section 7 at its lower portion, and a dependin tube 8, adapted when the parts are assem led to extend below the upper end of the smoke-passage 4 from the bowl, so that the smoke from the bow] does not pass directly to the stem, but

Tlplass through the collectingcham er 3. 's chamber is also provided at its bottom with a threaded plug or cap 9, by which the contents thereof may be withdrawn whenever desired or necessary.

The upper end of the stem-section 6 is provided with a mouthpiece 10, having at opposite sides projecting lugs 11, with which the teeth of the user are adapted to engage for the purpose of supporting the pipe, and upon its under surface with a concave rest 12, against which the tongue of the user is adapte to bear, (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) so that the discharge throu h the passage 13 through. the stem is upon t e upper surface of the mouthpiece and toward the roof of the mouth. The passage 13 is provided throughout its length with a series of projections or checks 14, formed in any desired mannerfor instance, by V-shaped recesses extending inward from the passage, as shown in Fig. 3- whereb saliva or moisture may pass downward through the stem, but is prevented from returning to the mouth when drawn through the pipe by means of the checks, which catch and hold the liquid, but permit it to drain downward through the tube 8 into the collecting-chamber 3.

It will be seen that in the operation of the pipe the smoke passin from the bowl must pass through the oolfecting-chamber, and

any particles of matter carried through the smoke-passage from the bowl will be deposited therein and cannot be drawn into the mouth of the user, so that the entrance of salive or slugs from the bowl is prevented. The construction of the mouthpiece forms a convenient means of supporting the pipe and prevents the smoke from coming into direct contact with the tongue and burning of the same by dischar ing it toward the roof of the mouth. The sa iva-checks in the passage of the stem prevent the saliva or liquid entering the stem from being drawn backward into the mouth in the use of the pipe and cause such liquid to ass into the collecting-chamher, from whic it me be removed by means of the plug when it is esired to clean the pipe.

Having now described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a tobaccopipe, a bowl provided at one side with a stem-section having a collectingchamber therein and a smoke-passe e extending from the upper portion of said 0 amber to the base of the bowl, a stem connected to said section and having a dependin tube extended below the upper portion c said smoke-passage, and a series of checks disposed upon the' inner wall of the passage throu h said stem.

2. n a tobacco-pipe, a stern having a passage therethrough provided with a series of checks oircumferentially disposed in said passage to prevent the passage of liquid therethrou h in one direction.

3. n a tobacco-pipe, a stem having a passage therethrough provided with a series of checks circumferentially disposed Within the wall of said passage to prevent the passage of liguid therethrough in one direction, a threade connection at one end of said stem, and a tubular extension beyond said connection.

In testimony whereof I affix rnv si nature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK M. HOLES.

\Vitnesses:

C. C. SWIFT, G. F. GREINER. 

